Drying-rack for hot-air registers



D. L; HOLWICK.

DRYING RACK FOR HOT AIR REGISTERS. APPLLCATIUN man AUG-I6, 1919.

"1,334,032. v Patented Mar. 16,1920.

tion and which will when UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL L. HOLWICK, OF CANTON, QHIO.

VDRYINGQRACK FOR nor-Am miors'rnns.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lVIar. 16, 1920.

Application filed August 18, 1919. Serial No. 318,001.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL L. HOLWICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Drying-Rackfor Hot-Air Registers, of WlllCh the following is a specification.

This invention relates to drying racks for.

hot air registers and has more especial reference to a rack which is detachable and may be easily and readily applied to any hot a1r register of any usual and ordlnary construcplaced in position upon the register provide a support upon which articles may be readily placed n position relative to the register to permit of their being dried by the heat from the register.

The objects of the invention are to provide a detachable rack which may be readily placed upon any hot air register of usual and well known construction forming a support for articles which may be dried from the heat of the register.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive to manufacture and may be readily and easily attached to or detached from a hot air register.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described,

illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

The invention thus set forth in general terms is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, in which Figure-1 is a front elevation of a rack embodying the invention applied to a hot air register.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same showing the register in section.

Fig. 3' is a fragmentary view of a portion of a modified form of rack.

A practical .embodiment of'the invention is disclosed infthe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this s ecification in which similar numerals of re erence indicate corresponding parts throughout the several VIEWS.

Referring more particularly to the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, a hot air register of any well known and usual construction is indicated generally by the letter A. The rack is preferably made of heavy wire or thin metal rods and comprises an inverted U-shaped frame which is curved outwardly at its upper end, the upper horizontal member 1 of the frame forming the upper rod or cross arm of the rack. The

downwardly and rearwardly bent side inembers 2 of the frame are preferably formed Horizontal cross arms 7 are located at I intervals between the side members 2 of the frame of the rackand connected thereto in any suitable and well known manner.

In Fig. 3 is'illustrated a modification of the rack by means of which a wider rack may be provided or a rack of the same width may be applied to a narrower register. In this form of the device each, of the side members 2' of the frame is curved inwardly and downwardly at 3 and thenv upwardly and rearwardly at 5', the downwardly and forwardly depending portion 4: being of the same construction as that shown in Figs. -1 and 2 bein provided with a rearwardly hooked portlon 6 at its lower end.

In attaching the rack to a register the rack. would be first held in a substantially horizontal position, the portions 4'ext'endin through the ating above the desired honzontal bar 0 the grating. The rack would then be tilted pivoting upon the horizontal bar above mentioned and then dropped downwardly allowthe curved portions 5 to rest upon the ing ar. The upper end of the rack would then be tilted outwardly into the position shown upwardly against the wall,

vention, within t .ing a rack havin beneath that upon which the, curved portions 5 rest.

Although the drawings and above specification disclose the best mode in which I have contemplated embodying my invention I desire to be not limited to the details of such disclosure, for, in the further practical aplication of my invention, many changes in o'rm and construction may be made, as circumstances require or experience suggests, without departin e scope of the appended claims. p

I claim:

1. An attachment for registers, comprisdownwardly depending side members havmg upwardly curved porfrom the spirit of the in tions arranged to rest upon a horizontal bar of the register grating and downwardly and rearwardly depending hooks arranged to engage a second horizontal bar of the gratmg.

2. An attachment for registers comprising a rack formed of an inverted U-shaped frame, curved outwardly at its upper end, upwardly curved portions at the lower end of the rack arranged to rest upon a horizontal bar of the register grating and downwardly and rearwardly disposed hooks arranged to engage another horizontal bar of the grating. y

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name.

DANIEL L. HOLWICK. 

